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XIX. NO. 535.]</b></td> + + <td align="center"><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, + 1832.</b></td> + + <td align="right"><b>[PRICE 2d.</b></td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.</h2> + + <div class="figcenter" + style="WIDTH: 100%"> + <a href="images/535-1.png"><img alt="The Polar Bear" + src="images/535-1.png" + width="100%" /></a> + + <h3>THE POLAR BEAR.</h3> + </div> + + <div class="figcenter" + style="WIDTH: 100%"> + <a href="images/535-2.png"><img alt="The Tunnel" + src="images/535-2.png" + width="100%" /></a> + + <h3>THE TUNNEL.</h3> + </div> + + <div class="figcenter" + style="WIDTH: 100%"> + <a href="images/535-3.png"><img alt="Monkey Cage" + src="images/535-3.png" + width="100%" /></a> + + <h3>MONKEY CAGE.</h3> + </div> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page114" + name="page114"></a>[pg 114]</span> + + <h2>GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.</h2> + + <h3>REGENT'S PARK.</h3> + + <p>A visit to these Gardens is one of the most delightful of + the rational recreations of the metropolis. The walk out is + pleasant enough: though there is little rural beauty on the + road, the creations of art assume a more agreeable appearance + than in the city itself; and, with cottages, park-like grounds, + and flourishing wood, the eye may enjoy a few picturesque + groupings.</p> + + <p>The <i>Garden</i> of the Society is one of the prettiest in + the vicinity of the metropolis; the <i>Menagerie</i> is + certainly the most important ever collected in this country. It + is a charming sight to behold myriads of tiny flowers fringing + our very paths, and little groves of shrubs and young trees + around us; yet it is a gratification of the highest order, to + witness the animals of almost every country on the earth + assembled within a few acres; and it is indeed a sublime study + to observe how beautifully the links in the great chain of + nature are wrought, and how admirably are the habits and + structure of some of these animals adapted to the wants of man, + while all are subservient to some great purpose in the scale of + creation. How clearly are these truths taught by the science of + Zoology; and how attractively are they illustrated in the + Menagerie of the Zoological Gardens. Consider but for a moment + that the cat which crouches by our fireside is of the same + tribe with "the lordly lion," whose roar is terrific as an + earthquake, and the tiger who often stays but to suck the blood + of his victims: that the faithful dog, "who knows us + personally, watches for us, and warns us of danger," is but a + descendant from the wolf, who prowls through the wintry waste + with almost untameable ferocity. Yet how do we arrive at the + knowledge of these interesting facts—but by zoological + study.</p> + + <p>Two of the Cuts in the annexed page will furnish our country + friends with the improved plan of keeping the animals in large + open cages. The first represents that of the <i>Polar Bear</i>, + of strong iron-work, with a dormitory adjoining. The enclosed + area is flagged with stone, and in the centre is a tank, or + pool, of water, in which the bear makes occasional plungings. + The present occupant is but small in comparison with the usual + size of the species. "Its favourite postures," observes Mr. + Bennett, "are lying flat at its whole length; sitting upon its + haunches with its fore legs perfectly upright, and its head in + a dependent position; or standing upon all fours with its + fore-paws widely extended and its head and neck swinging + alternately from side to side, or upwards and downwards in one + continued and equable libration."<a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></p> + + <p>The second Cut represents the tunnelled communication + between the two Gardens, beneath the carriage-road of the Park. + Above, the archway is a pediment, supported by two neat + columns, and a terraced walk, with balustrades. The whole is + handsomely executed in cement or imitative stone. The + decorative vases are by Austin, of the New Road. A lion's head, + in bold relief, forms an appropriate key-stone embellishment to + the arch. The sloping banks are formed of mimic rock-work + profusely intermingled with plants and flowers.</p> + + <p>The third Cut is the Monkey House, of substantial iron-work, + with dormitories and winter apartments in the rear. In fine + sunny weather the monkeys may be here seen disporting their + recreant limbs to the delight of crowds of visiters. Their + species are too numerous but for a catalogue. Among them are + the Negro and Sooty Monkeys,—the Mone Monkey: "the name + of <i>Monkey</i> is supposed to be derived from the African + appellation of this species, <i>Mone</i> corrupted into + <i>Monachus</i>." Bonneted, pig-tailed, and Capuchin Monkeys; + the last named from their dark crowns, like the capuch or hood + of a Capuchin friar; and black and white-fronted Spider + Monkeys, named from their great resemblance to large + spiders.</p> + + <p>By the way, there is an abundance of still life in the + Gardens at this ungenial season. We find the Elephant, the + Antelopes, and the Zebra, in their winter quarters, and their + mightinesses, the large cats, as the lions, tiger, and + leopards, accommodated with a snug fire. The tropical birds, as + the parrots, maccaws, &c., have been removed from the + extremity of the north garden to warmer quarters; and the + hyaenas, leopards, and a host of smaller carnivorous quadrupeds + have taken their places. The upper end is occupied by four + roomy dens, with a lordly black-maned lion and a lioness, from + Northern Africa; above them are a fine lioness and a leopard + from Ceylon: these we take to have been among the recent + arrivals from the Tower Menagerie.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page115" + name="page115"></a>[pg 115]</span> + + <h2>FRAGMENTS ON HUMAN LIFE.</h2> + + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Call not earth a barren spot,</p> + + <p>Pass it not ungrateful by,</p> + + <p>'Tis to man a lovely lot."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>There is no subject on which such a variety of opinions + exist, as on the question "Whether man is happy;" and that it + is not easy to be settled, is certain. Many persons have been + so far contented with their lot as to wish to have their life + over again, and yet as many have expressed themselves to the + contrary.</p> + + <p>Dr. Johnson, who always spoke of human life in the most + desponding terms, and considered earth a vale of tears,</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Yet hope, not life from pain or sorrow free,</p> + + <p>Or think the doom of man reversed for + thee—"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>declared that he would not live over again a single week of + his life, had it been allowed him.<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> Such was his opinion on the past; but so great + is the cheering influence with which Hope irradiates the mind, + that in looking forward to the future, he always talked with + pleasure on the prospect of a long life.</p> + + <p>When he was in Scotland, Boswell told him that after his + death, he intended to erect a memorial to him. Johnson, to whom + the very mention of death was unpleasant, replied, "Sir, I hope + to see your grand-children." On his death-bed he observed to + the surgeon who was attending him, "<i>I want life</i>, you are + afraid of giving me pain."</p> + + <p>It has been supposed that this question had been settled by + the authority of Scripture. "Man is born to trouble," says Job, + "as the sparks fly upward." In turning over a few pages more, + we find ourselves in doubt again. "<i>The latter end of Job was + more blessed than his beginning</i>; for he had 14,000 sheep, + and 6,000 camels, and 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 she-asses. + He had also seven sons and three daughters. So Job died being + old and full of days."</p> + + <p>It may not be unpleasant to place before the reader the + opinions of several celebrated men, on Life, that he may choose + his side, and either like the bee or the spider, extract the + poison or gather the honey. We will begin with Sterne, one who + well knew the human heart.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"What is the life of man? is it not to shift from side + to side! from sorrow to sorrow!"</p> + + <p>"When I consider how oft we eat the bread of affliction, + when one runs over the catalogue of all the cross + reckonings and sorrowful items with which the heart of man + is overcharged, 'tis wonderful by what hidden resources the + mind is enabled to stand it out, and bear itself up, as it + does, against the impositions laid upon our + nature."—<i>T. Shandy</i>.</p> + + <p>"A man has but a bad bargain of it at the + best."—<i>Chesterfield</i>.</p> + + <p>"No scene of human life but teems with mortal + woe."—<i>Sir Walter Scott</i>.</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>In opposition to these sentiments, Franklin, in writing on + the death of a friend, gives us his opinion, "<i>It is a party + of pleasure</i>, some take their seats first."</p> + + <p>And Lord Byron, describing Sunrise, in the second canto of + <i>Lara</i>, says</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"But mighty nature bounds as from her birth,</p> + + <p>The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth;</p> + + <p>Flowers in the valley, splendour in the beam.</p> + + <p>Health on the gale, and freshness in the stream.</p> + + <p>Immortal Man! Behold her glories shine,</p> + + <p>And cry exultingly, 'They are thine'</p> + + <p>Gaze on, while yet thy gladdened eyes may see,</p> + + <p>A morrow comes when they are not for thee."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>In the same spirit Cowper begins his poem on Hope:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"See Nature gay as when she first began,</p> + + <p>With smiles alluring her admirer, man,</p> + + <p>She spreads the morning over eastern hills.</p> + + <p>Earth glitters with the drops the night distils.</p> + + <p>The sun obedient at her call appears</p> + + <p>To fling his glories o'er the robe she wears,</p> + + <p class="i4">... to proclaim</p> + + <p>His happiness, her dear, her only aim."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>"The Thracians," says Cicero, "wept when a child was born, + and feasted and made merry when a man went out of the world, + and with reason. Show me the man who knows what life is, and + dreads death, and I'll show thee a prisoner who dreads his + liberty."</p> + + <p>Of the misery of human life, Gray speaks in similar + terms:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"To all their sufferings all are men,</p> + + <p>Condemn'd alike to groan,</p> + + <p>The feeling for another's pain,</p> + + <p>The unfeeling for his own."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Audi alteram partem:</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"It's a happy world after all."—<i>Paley</i>.</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>And Gray himself:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey,</p> + + <p class="i2">This careful, anxious being e'er + resigned,</p> + + <p>E'er left the precincts of the <i>cheerful + day</i></p> + + <p class="i2">Nor cast one longing, lingering look + behind."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>And another popular author:</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"A world of pleasure is continually streaming in on + every side. It only depends on man to be a demi-god, and to + convert this world into Elysium."—<i>Gaieties and + Gravities</i>.</p> + </blockquote><span class="pagenum"><a id="page116" + name="page116"></a>[pg 116]</span> + + <p>It is doubtless wise to incline to the latter sentiment.</p> + + <p>Of the instability of human happiness and glory, a fine + picture is drawn by Appian, who represents Scipio weeping over + the destruction of Carthage. "When he saw this famous city, + which had flourished seven hundred years, and might have been + compared to the greatest empires, on account of the extent of + its dominions, both by sea and land, its mighty armies, its + fleets, elephants and riches; and that the Carthaginians were + even superior to other nations, by their courage and greatness + of soul, as, notwithstanding their being deprived of arms and + ships, they had sustained for three whole years, all the + hardships and calamities of a long siege; seeing, I say, this + city entirely ruined, historians relate that he could not + refuse his tears to the unhappy fate of Carthage. He reflected + that cities, nations, and empires are liable to revolutions, no + less than particular men; that the like sad fate had befallen + Troy, once so powerful; and in later times, the Assyrians, + Medes, and Persians, whose dominions were once of so great an + extent; and lastly, the Macedonians, whose empire had been so + glorious throughout the world." Full of these mournful ideas, + he repeated the following verse of Homer:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"The day shall come, that great avenging day,</p> + + <p>Which Troy's proud glories in the dust shall + lay,</p> + + <p>When Priam's powers, and Priam's self shall + fall,</p> + + <p>And one prodigious ruin swallow all—"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>thereby denouncing the future destiny of Rome, as he himself + confessed to Polybius, who desired Scipio to explain himself on + that occasion.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>The Sketch-Book.</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>A COASTING SCRAP.</h3> + + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <p>It was a bright summer afternoon: the estuary of Poole + Harbour lay extended before me; its broad expanse studded with + inlands of sand and furze bushes, of which Brownsea is the most + considerable. A slight ripple marked the deeper channels which + were of a blue colour, and the shallow mud banks being but + barely covered by the tide, appeared like sheets of molten + silver. The blue hills of Purbeck bounded the distant + heath-lands to the westward, and the harbour extended itself + inland towards the town of Wareham, becoming more and more + intricate in its navigation, although it receives the + contributions of two rivers, the Piddle and the Froome, arising + probably from the soil carried down by the streams, and the + faint action of the tide at a distance of eight or ten miles + from the mouth of the harbour. The Wareham clay boats added + life to the scene. Some were wending their way through the + intricate channels close hauled upon a wind; others were going + right away with a flowing sheet. On the eastern side was the + bold sweep of the shore, extending to the mouth of the harbour, + and terminating in a narrow point of bright sand hills, + separating the quiet waters of the harbour from the boisterous + turmoilings of the English Channel.</p> + + <p>Sauntering along the Quay of Poole, indulging in a kind of + reverie, thinking, or in fact, thinking of nothing at all, (a + kind of waking dream, when hundreds of ideas, recollections, + and feelings float with wonderful rapidity through the brain,) + my attention was attracted by a stout, hardy-faced pilot, with + water boots on his legs, and a red, woollen night-cap on his + head, who was driving a very earnest bargain for a "small, but + elegant assortment," of dabs and flounders. "Dree and zixpence + if you like," said he. "I could a bought vour times as much vor + one and zixpence coast-ways, if I'd a mind, and I'll give thee + no more, and not a word of a lie." His oratory conquered the + coyness of the fishy damsel; and he invited the lady to take a + glass of "zomat avore he topped his boom for Swanwidge."</p> + + <p>Having before me the certainty of a dull, monotonous + afternoon, and cheerless evening, without any visible means of + amusement, I instantly closed a bargain with Dick Hart (for + such was the pilot's name) to give me a cast to Swanwidge. In a + short time I found myself on board a trim, little pilot boat, + gliding along the waters as the sun was sliding his downward + course, and shedding a mellow radiance over the distant scenery + towards Lytchett. The white steeple of Poole church was lighted + by the rays, while the town presented a neat and picturesque + appearance with the masts of the shipping cutting against the + blue sky.</p> + + <p>Dick Hart formed no small feature in the scene as he stood + at the helm with his red cap and black, curly hair, smoking a + short, clay pipe, which like his own face, had become rather + brown in service. He looked around him with an air of + independence and unconcern, as the "monarch of all he + surveyed," casting his eye up now and then at the trim of his + canvass, but more frequently keeping it on me. Dick began to + open <span class="pagenum"><a id="page117" + name="page117"></a>[pg 117]</span> his budget of chat, and I + found him as full of fun as his mainsail was full of + nettles.</p> + + <p>A voice from the forecastle called out to Dick, who was so + intent on his story that the helm slipped from his hand, and + the ship flew up in the wind, "Mind, skipper, or you will run + down Old Betty." I was astonished at the insinuation against my + noble captain that he was likely to behave rude to a lady, but + my suspicions were soon removed, when I saw Old Betty was a + buoy, floating on the waters, adorned with a furze bush. Old + Betty danced merrily on the rippling wave with her furze bush + by way of a feather, with shreds of dried sea weed hanging to + it forming ribbons to complete the head dress of the lady buoy. + The nearer we approached, the more rapid did Betty dance, and + when we passed close alongside of her, she curtsied up and down + as if to welcome our visit. Dick narrated why a buoy placed at + the head of a mud bank obtained the name of a <i>lady fair</i>, + and I briefly noted it down.</p> + + <p>Many years ago a single lady resided at Poole, of plain + manners, unaffected simplicity, affable, yet retiring, + and—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Passing rich with forty pounds a-year."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>The gentry courted her, but she still adhered to her + secluded habits. Year after year rolled on, and though some may + have admired her, she was never led to the altar, and + consequently her condition was <i>unaltered</i>. Kind and + friendly neighbours kept a vigilant eye upon her proceedings, + but her character was unimpeachable; and they all agreed that + she was a very suspicious person, because they could not + slander her. She lived a blameless single lady.</p> + + <p>Her attentions were directed to an orphan boy. He was her + constant companion, and the object of her tenderest solicitude. + As he grew up he excelled the youth of his own age in manly + exercises; could thrash all of his own size, when insulted, but + never played the tyrant, or the bully. He could make the + longest innings at cricket, and as for swimming in all its + various branches, none could compare with William. It was + finally arranged by a merchant to send William a voyage to + Newfoundland, and the news soon spread round the town that + William (for he was a general favourite) was to <i>see</i> the + world by taking to the <i>sea</i>.</p> + + <p>The time arrived when the ship was to be warped out from the + Quay, and to sail for her destination. The crew and the + passengers were all on board, and William was, by his absence, + rather trespassing on the indulgence of the captain; but who + could be angry with the boy whom every body loved?</p> + + <p>The town gossips, and many a fair maiden, were on the Quay + to see young William embark. The tide had already turned, and + the captain was about to give the word "to cast off and let all + go;" to send the vessel, as it were, adrift, loose and + unfettered upon the waters, to struggle as a thing of life with + the billows of the Atlantic, but animated and controled by the + energies of men. Just at this moment William appeared at the + end of the Quay, walking slowly to the scene of embarkation + with his kind and benevolent benefactress leaning, and leaning + heavily, for her heart was heavy, upon the arm of her dutiful + and beloved William. As they approached, the crowd made way + with profound respect, not the cringing respect paid to + superior wealth, but with that respect which worth of character + and innate virtue can and will command, though poverty may + smite and desolate.</p> + + <p>They walked unconscious of the notice they attracted. Their + hearts were too full to heed the sympathies of others. The + youth kept his eye fixed upon the loosening topsails of his + ship; his benefactress grasped his arm almost convulsively, and + looked, or rather stared, upon the ground. She dreaded the + last, the hurried "fare well," the last look, the last word + from her William, and she tottered as she approached the side + of the ship. They stood locked hand in hand at the edge of the + Quay; not a word was uttered by either; but they gazed at each + other with a fondness which showed that their souls were in + communion.</p> + + <p>"Now, William, jump on board—cast off there forward," + exclaimed the captain; "swing her head round—heave away + my boys—come, William, come my boy."</p> + + <p>The youth awoke as from a startled sleep. He imprinted a + kiss, the last kiss, upon the cold cheeks of his benefactress, + and dashing away with the sleeve of his jacket a tear, of which + he felt ashamed, in a moment he was on the quarter deck of his + commander. He durst not look again upon the Quay; but had he + looked he would have seen many a weeping maiden who had never + told her love, and he would have seen his affectionate + benefactress borne away in a fainting fit. All this he saw not, + for he braced his courage up before his future messmates, and + he looked forward <span class="pagenum"><a id="page118" + name="page118"></a>[pg 118]</span> to his duties, + considering the past as but a dream.</p> + + <p>Months elapsed and tidings were frequently received of + William. He had distinguished himself by his activity and + docility. His townsmen heard with pleasure of his good conduct, + and looked forward with satisfaction to welcome his return; + when at length a pilot boat brought intelligence that the ship + was lying at anchor at the mouth of the harbour, waiting the + next tide with loss of foremast in a heavy gale the preceding + night off the Bill of Portland. His benefactress, impatient of + delay, immediately hired a boat, and preceded to the ship + before the tide had turned; but she no sooner reached the deck + than she was informed by the captain that William was aloft + when the foremast went by the board on the preceding night, and + that he fell into the raging waves without the possibility of + relief being afforded him.</p> + + <p>"God's will be done," murmured the unhappy woman as she + clasped her hands, and taking her station at the gangway, she + continued gazing on the water as it rippled by, in a state of + unconsciousness to every passing object. In the meantime the + vessel was under weigh, and was coming once more in sight of + Brownsea, when a plunge was heard—"she's overboard," + exclaimed a sailor—"cut away some spars—lower the + boats—over with the hen coops—down with the helm, + and back the topsails"—roared out many voices; but she + had sunk to rise no more! Her corpse was found a few days after + when the tide receded, lying on a mud bank, close to the buoy + which has ever since been known by every sailor and every pilot + of Poole under the name of Old Betty. But to complete the sad + narrative, it appeared that William, as he excelled in + swimming, succeeded in gaining the shore of Portland, and + arrived in time at Poole to attend the remains of his + benefactress to the grave in character of chief mourner.</p> + + <p>On opening her papers it was discovered that in losing his + benefactress he had lost his mother! That she had been + privately married to a widower of considerable fortune, who had + one son by his first wife, and that on his demise the estate + would devolve on William, provided his half brother had no + children. A few days afterwards the death of Henry + ——, Esq. of —— Hall, Worcestershire, + was formally announced in the daily Journals, and the + unexpected claims of William being acknowledged, he succeeded + to a very fine property and estate, and died as much respected + in a good old age as he was beloved in his buoyant childhood, + when the gossips and the maidens of Poole agreed that the + orphan boy promised to be a "nice young man."—"And not + word of a lie in it," said Dick Hart, as he finished his story, + his pipe, and his grog.</p> + + <p>We were now steering across Studland Bay. Banks of dark + clouds were gathering majestically on the eastern horizon, and + the sun was rapidly sinking in a flood of golden light. Behind + us was the Isle of Brownsea, with its dark fir plantations and + lofty, cold-looking, awkward castle. On the left was the line + of low sand hills, stretching away towards Christchurch, and + seeming to join the Needles' Rocks, situated at the western + extremity of the Isle of Wight, the high chalk cliffs of which + reflected the sun's last rays, giving a rich and placid feeling + to the cold and distant grey. On the right, and closer to us, + was the brown and purple heath-land of Studland Bay. Here + barren, there patches of verdure, and the thin smoke threading + its way from a cluster of trees, denoted where the village + hamlet lay embosomed from the storms of the southwest gales, + close at the foot and under the shelter of a lofty chalk range + which abuts abruptly on the sea, and before which stands a + high, detached pyramidical rock, rising out of the waters like + a sheeted spectre, and known to mariners under the suspicious + name of <i>Old Harry</i>.</p> + + <p>This coast was once notorious for smuggling, but those days + of nautical chivalry have ceased, if Dick Hart was to be + credited, who shook his head very mournfully as he alluded to + "the <i>Block-head</i> service."</p> + + <h4>JAMES SILVESTER.</h4> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>SCENE FROM A FRENCH DRAMA.</h3> + + <p>No. XVII. of the <i>Foreign Quarterly Review</i>, contains a + paper of much interest to the playgoer as well as to the lover + of dramatic literature—on two French dramas of great + celebrity—<i>La Maréchale d'Ancre</i>, by de + Vigny; and <i>Marion Delorme</i>, by Victor Hugo. We quote a + scene from the former. Concini, the principal character, is a + favourite of Louis XIII.; the Maréchale, his wife, has a + first love, Borgia, a Corsican, who, disappointed in his early + suit by the stratagems of Concini, has married the beautiful + but uncultivated Isabella Monti. On the conflicting feelings of + this strange personage, his + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page119" + name="page119"></a>[pg 119]</span> hatred to the husband, + and his relenting towards the wife; and the licentious plans + of Concini for the seduction of Isabella, whom he has seen + without knowing her to be the wife of his deadly enemy, the + interest of the piece is made to turn. The jealous Isabella + is at last persuaded that the Maréchale has robbed + her of the attachment of her husband, and appears as a + witness against her on the pretended charge of witchcraft + and sorcery.</p> + + <p>While the Maréchal, even in the dungeon of the + Bastile, is awing her oppressors into silence, bands of + murderers are seeking Concini through the streets of Paris. As + he issues from the house of the Jew which contains Isabella, he + hears through the obscurity of the tempestuous night the cries + of the populace, but he thinks they are but the indications of + some passing tumult. He rests for a moment against a pillar on + the pavement, but recoils again, as from a serpent, for he + perceives it is the stone on which Ravaillac had planted his + foot when he assassinated Henry, and in that murder it is + darkly insinuated he had a share. Through the darkness of the + Rue de la Ferronnerie, Michael Borgia is seen advancing, + conducting the two children of his rival. He has promised to + the Maréchale to save them from the dangers of the + night, and has brought them in safety to his own threshold. But + his promise of safety extended not to Concini. The wild + ferocity of the following scene has many parallels in the + actual duels of the time, as delineated in Froissart and + Brantome.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia (with the children.)</i>—Poor children! come + in; you will be safer here than in the houses to which they + have pursued us.</p> + + <p><i>The Boy</i>.—Ah! there is a man standing up.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia (turning the lantern which the child holds towards + Concini.)</i>—Concini!</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Borgia! (<i>Each raises his dagger, + and seizes with the left arm the right of his enemy. They + remain motionless, and gazing at each other. The children + escape into the street and disappear</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Let go my arm, and I will liberate + yours.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—What shall be my security?</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Those children whom you have with + you.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—I am labouring to save them. Your + palace is on fire—your wife is arrested—your + fortune is wrecked—base, senseless adventurer!</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Have done—let go—let us + fight!</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i> (<i>pushing him from him</i>.)—Back, + then, and draw your sword.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i> (<i>draws</i>.)—Begin.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Remove those children—they would + be in our way.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—They are gone.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Take these letters, assassin! I had + promised to restore them to you. (<i>He hands to Concini a + black portfolio</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—I would have taken them from your + body.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—I have performed my promise—and + now, ravisher! look to yourself.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Base seducer, defend + <i>thyself</i>.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—The night is dark, but I shall feel you + by my hate: Plant your foot against the wall, that you may not + retreat.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Would I could chain yours to the + pavement, that I might be sure of my mark!</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Agree that the first who is wounded + shall inform the other.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Yes, for we should not see the blood. + I swear it by the thirst I feel for yours.—But not that + the affair should end there.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—No, only to begin again with more + spirit.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>—To continue till we can lift the sword + no longer.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Till the death of one or other of + us.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>—I see you not. Are you in front of + me?</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Yes, wretch! Parry that thrust. Has it + sped?</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—No; take that in return.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—I am untouched.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—What, still? Oh! would I could but see + thy hateful visage. (<i>They continue to fight desperately, but + without touching each other. Both rest for a little</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Have you a cuirass on, Concini?</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—I had, but I left it with your wife in + her chamber.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Liar! (<i>He rushes on him with his + sword. Their blades are locked for a moment, and both are + wounded</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—I feel no sword opposed to mine. Have + I wounded you?</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>, (<i>leaning on his sword, and staunching the + wound in his breast with, his handkerchief</i>.) No, let us + begin again. There!</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i> (<i>binding his scarf round his + thigh</i>.)—One moment and I am with you. (<i>He staggers + against the + pillar</i>.)</p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page120" + name="page120"></a>[pg 120]</span> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>, (<i>sinking on his knees</i>.)—Are you + not wounded yourself?</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—No, no! I am resting. Advance, and you + shall see.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i> (<i>endeavouring to rise, but + unable</i>.)—I have struck my foot against a + stone—wait an instant.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i> (<i>with delight</i>.)—Ah! you are + wounded!</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—No, I tell you—'tis you who are + so. Your voice is changed.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>, (<i>feeling his sword</i>.)—My blade + smells of blood.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—Mine is dabbled in it.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Come then, if you are not *—come + and finish me.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>, (<i>with triumph</i>.)—Finish! then you + are wounded.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>, (<i>with a voice of despair</i>.)—Were + I not, would I not have already stabbed you twenty times over? + But you are at least as severely handled.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>—It maybe so, or I should not be + grovelling here.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—Shall we now have done?</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>, (<i>enraged</i>.)—Both + wounded—yet both living!</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>.—What avails the blood I have drawn, + while a drop remains.</p> + + <p><i>Borgia</i>.—O! were I but beside thee! <i>Enter</i> + Vitry, <i>followed by the Guards walking slowly. He holds the + young</i> Count de la Pene <i>by the hand; the boy leads his + sister</i>.</p> + + <p><i>Vitry</i>, (<i>a pistol in his hand</i>.)—Well, my + child, which is your father?</p> + + <p><i>Count de la Pene</i>.—Oh! protect him, + sir,—that is he leaning against the pillar.</p> + + <p><i>Vitry</i>, (<i>aloud</i>.)—Draw tip—remain at + that gate—Guards! (<i>The Guards advance with lanterns + and flambeaux</i>.) Sir, I arrest you—your sword.</p> + + <p><i>Concini</i>, (<i>thrusting at him</i>.)—Take it. + (Vitry <i>fires his pistol</i>—Du Hallier, D'Ornano, + <i>and</i> Person <i>fire at the same time</i>—Concini + <i>falls dead</i>.)</p> + + <p>The malice of Du Luynes, the inveterate enemy of the + D'Ancres, and afterwards the minion of Louis, contrives that + the Maréchale, in her way to execution, shall be + conducted to this scene, where her husband lies dead, on the + spot which had been stained with the blood of Henry, like + Caesar at the foot of Pompey's statue; and the play concludes + with her indignant and animated denunciation of this wretch, + who stands calm and triumphant, while the Maréchale + exacts from her son, over the body of Concini, an oath of + vengeance against the destroyer of her house.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h3>THE MARTYR-STUDENT.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>I am sick of the bird,</p> + + <p class="i2">And its carol of glee;</p> + + <p>It brings the voices heard</p> + + <p class="i2">In boyhood back to me:</p> + + <p>Our old village hall,</p> + + <p class="i2">Our church upon the hill,</p> + + <p>And the mossy gates—all</p> + + <p class="i2">My darken'd eyes fill.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No more gladly leaping</p> + + <p class="i2">With the choir I go,</p> + + <p>My spirit is weeping</p> + + <p class="i2">O'er her silver bow:</p> + + <p>From the golden quiver</p> + + <p class="i2">The arrows are gone,</p> + + <p>The wind from Death's river</p> + + <p class="i2">Sounds in it alone!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>I sit alone and think</p> + + <p class="i2">In the silent room.</p> + + <p>I look up, and I shrink</p> + + <p class="i2">From the glimmering gloom.</p> + + <p>O, that the little one</p> + + <p class="i2">Were here with her shout!—</p> + + <p>O, that my sister's arm</p> + + <p class="i2">My neck were roundabout!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>I cannot read a book,</p> + + <p class="i2">My eyes are dim and weak;</p> + + <p>To every chair I look—</p> + + <p class="i2">There is not one to speak!</p> + + <p>Could I but sit once more</p> + + <p class="i2">Upon that well-known chair,</p> + + <p>By my mother, as of yore,</p> + + <p class="i2">Her hand upon my hair!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>My father's eyes seeking,</p> + + <p class="i2">In trembling hope to trace</p> + + <p>If the south wind had been breaking</p> + + <p class="i2">The shadows from my face;—</p> + + <p>How sweet to die away</p> + + <p class="i2">Beside our mother's hearth,</p> + + <p>Amid the balmy light</p> + + <p class="i2">That shone upon our birth!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>A wild and burning boy,</p> + + <p class="i2">I climb the mountain's crest,</p> + + <p>The garland of my joy</p> + + <p class="i2">Did leap upon my breast;</p> + + <p>A spirit walk'd before me</p> + + <p class="i2">Along the stormy night,</p> + + <p>The clouds melted o'er me,</p> + + <p class="i2">The shadows turn'd to light.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Among my matted locks</p> + + <p class="i2">The death-wind is blowing;</p> + + <p>I hear, like a mighty rush of plumes,</p> + + <p class="i2">The Sea of Darkness flowing!</p> + + <p>Upon the summer air</p> + + <p class="i2">Two wings are spreading wide;</p> + + <p>A shadow, like a pyramid,</p> + + <p class="i2">Is sitting by my side!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>My mind was like a page</p> + + <p class="i2">Of gold-wrought story,</p> + + <p>Where the rapt eye might gaze</p> + + <p class="i2">On the tale of glory;</p> + + <p>But the rich painted words</p> + + <p class="i2">Are waxing faint and old,</p> + + <p>The leaves have lost their light,</p> + + <p class="i2">The letters their gold!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And memory glimmers</p> + + <p class="i2">On the pages I unrol,</p> + + <p>Like the dim light creeping</p> + + <p class="i2">Into an antique scroll.</p> + + <p>When the scribe is searching</p> + + <p class="i2">The writing pale and damp,</p> + + <p>At midnight, and the flame</p> + + <p class="i2">Is dying in the lamp.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <h4><i>Fraser's Magazine.</i></h4> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page121" + name="page121"></a>[pg 121]</span> + + <h2>The Selector;</h2> + + <h3>AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS.</h3> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>THE ITALIAN REPUBLICS.</h3> + + <p>M.J.C.L. De Sismondi, has, to suit the plan of the + <i>Cabinet Cyclopaedia</i>, endeavoured to include in one of + its volumes—a summary of Italian history from the fall of + the Roman empire to the end of the Middle Age—a period of + about six and a half centuries. What a succession of stirring + scenes does this volume present; what fields of bloody action; + what revelry of carnage; what schemes of petty ambition; what + trampling on necks, what uncrowning of heads; what orgies of + fire, sword, famine, and slaughter; what overtoppling of + thrones, and unseating of rulers; what pantings after freedom; + what slavery of passion; what sunny scenes of fortune to be + shaded with melancholy pictures of desolation and + decay—are comprised in these few pages of the history of + a comparatively small portion of the world for a short + period—a narrow segment of the cycle of time. What + Sismondi so ably accomplished in sixteen volumes, he has here + comprised in one. He tells us that he could sacrifice episodes + and details without regret. The present is not, however, an + abridgment of his great work, "but an entirely new history, in + which, with my eyes fixed solely on the free people of the + several Italian states, I have studied to portray their first + deliverance, their heroism, and their misfortunes."</p> + + <p>We quote a few sketchy extracts.</p> + + <h3><i>Last Struggle of Rome for Liberty</i>.</h3> + + <p>"1453. Stefano Porcari, a Roman noble, willing to profit by + the interregnum which preceded the nomination of Nicholas V., + to make the Roman citizens demand the renewal and confirmation + of their ancient rights and privileges, was denounced to the + new pope as a dangerous person; and, so far from obtaining what + he had hoped, he had the grief to see the citizens always more + strictly excluded from any participation in public affairs. + Those were entrusted only to prelates, who, being prepared for + it neither by their studies nor sentiments, suffered the + administration to fall into the most shameful disorder.</p> + + <p>"In an insurrection of the people in the Piazza Navona, + arising from a quarrel, which began at a bull-fight, Stefano + Porcari endeavoured to direct their attention to a more noble + object, and turn this tumult to the advantage of liberty. The + pope hastily indulged all the fancies of the people, with + respect to their games or amusements; but firmly rejected all + their serious demands, and exiled Porcari to Bologna. The + latter hoped to obtain by conspiracy what he had failed to + accomplish by insurrection. There were not less than 400 exiled + Roman citizens: he persuaded them all to join him, and + appointed them a rendezvous at Rome, for the 5th of January, + 1453, in the house of his brother-in-law. Having escaped the + vigilance of the legate of Bologna, he proceeded there himself, + accompanied by 300 soldiers, whom he had enlisted in his + service. The whole band was assembled on the night of the + appointed 5th of January; and Stefano Porcari was haranguing + them, to prepare them for the attack of the capitol,—in + which he reckoned on re-establishing the senate of the Roman + republic,—when, his secret having been betrayed, the + house was surrounded with troops, the doors suddenly forced, + and the conspirators overcome by numbers before their arms had + been distributed. Next morning, the body of Stefano Porcari, + with those of nine of his associates, were seen hanging from + the battlements of the castle of St. Angelo. In spite of their + ardent entreaties, they had been denied confession and the + sacrament. Eight days later, the executions, after a mockery of + law proceedings, were renewed, and continued in great numbers. + The pope succeeded in causing those who had taken refuge in + neighbouring states to be delivered up to him; and thus the + last spark of Roman liberty was extinguished in blood."</p> + + <h3><i>General Mildness of Italian Warfare</i>.</h3> + + <p>"1492. The horses and armour of the Italian men at arms were + reckoned superior to those of the transalpine nations against + which they had measured themselves in France, during "the war + of the public weal." The Italian captains had made war a + science, every branch of which they thoroughly knew. It was + never suspected for a moment that the soldier should be wanting + in courage: but the general mildness of manners, and the + progress of civilization, had accustomed the Italians to make + war with sentiments of honour and humanity towards the + vanquished. Ever ready to give quarter, they did not strike a + fallen enemy. Often, after having taken from him his horse and + armour, they set him free; at least, they never demanded a + ransom so enormous as to <span class="pagenum"><a id="page122" + name="page122"></a>[pg 122]</span> ruin him. Horsemen who + went to battle clad in steel, were rarely killed or wounded, + so long as they kept their saddles. Once unhorsed, they + surrendered. The battle, therefore, never became murderous. + The courage of the Italian soldiers, which had accommodated + itself to this milder warfare, suddenly gave way before the + new dangers and ferocity of barbarian enemies. They became + terror-struck when they perceived that the French caused + dismounted horsemen to be put to death by their valets, or + made prisoners only to extort from them, under the name of + ransom, all they possessed. The Italian cavalry, equal in + courage, and superior in military science, to the French, + was for some time unable to make head against an enemy whose + ferocity disturbed their imaginations."</p> + + <h3><i>Battle of Marignano</i>.</h3> + + <p>"1515.—Francis I. succeeded Louis XII. on the 1st of + January; on the 27th of June he renewed his predecessor's + treaty of alliance with Venice; and on the 15th of August, + entered the plains of Lombardy, by the marquisate of Saluzzo, + with a powerful army. He met but little resistance in the + provinces south of the Po, but the Swiss meanwhile arrived in + great force to defend Maximilian Sforza, whom, since they had + reseated him on the throne, they regarded as their vassal. + Francis in vain endeavoured to negotiate with them; they would + not listen to the voice of their commanders; democracy had + passed from their <i>landsgemeinde</i> into their armies, + popular orators roused their passions; and on the 13th of + September they impetuously left Milan to attack Francis I. at + Marignano. Deep ditches lined with soldiers bordered the + causeway by which they advanced; their commanders wished by + some manoeuvre to get clear of them, or make the enemy change + his position; but the Swiss, despising all the arts of war, + expected to command success by mere intrepidity and bodily + strength. They marched to the battery in full front; they + repulsed the charge of the knights with their halberds, and + threw themselves with fury into the ditches which barred their + road. Some rushed on to the very mouths of the cannon, which + guarded the king, and there fell. Night closed on the + combatants; and the two armies mingled together fought on for + four hours longer by moonlight. Complete darkness at length + forced them to rest on their arms; but the king's trumpet + continually sounded, to indicate to the bivouac where he was to + be found; while the two famous horns of Uri and Unterwalden + called the Swiss together. The battle was renewed on the 14th + at daybreak: the unrelenting obstinacy was the same; but the + French had taken advantage of the night to collect and fortify + themselves. Marshal Trivulzio, who had been present at eighteen + pitched battles, declared that every other seemed to him + children's play in comparison with this "battle of giants," as + he called it: 20,000 dead already covered the ground; of these + two-thirds were Swiss. When the Swiss despaired of victory they + retreated slowly,—but menacing and terrible. The French + did not dare to pursue them."</p> + + <p>The concluding paragraph of the volume is beautifully + enthusiastic: it may almost be regarded as prophetic in + connexion with events that are at this moment shaking Italy to + her very base:</p> + + <p>"Italy is crushed; but her heart still beats with the love + of liberty, virtue, and glory: she is chained and covered with + blood; but she still knows her strength and her future destiny: + she is insulted by those for whom she has opened the way to + every improvement; but she feels that she is formed to take the + lead again: and Europe will know no repose till the nation + which, in the dark ages, lighted the torch of civilization with + that of liberty, shall be enabled herself to enjoy the light + which she created."</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>CHILD'S ARITHMETICAL TABLES.</h3> + + <p>The Seventh Edition, besides being well adapted for Schools, + will be found useful in the business of life. It includes the + monies, weights, and measures, mentioned in Scripture, the + length of miles in different countries, astronomical signs, and + other matters computed with great care.</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>THE GEORGIAN ERA.</h3> + + <p>This work is intended to comprise Memoirs of the most + eminent characters who have flourished in Great Britain during + the reigns of the four Georges: the present volume being only a + fourth of its extent, and containing the Royal Family, the + Pretenders and their adherents, churchmen, dissenters, and + statesmen. The importance of the chosen period is prefatorily + urged by the editor: "In comparison with the Elizabethan or the + Modern Augustan, (as the reign of Anne has been designated, + that which may be appropriately termed the Georgian Era, + possesses a paramount <span class="pagenum"><a id="page123" + name="page123"></a>[pg 123]</span> claim to notice; for not + only has it been equally fertile in conspicuous characters, + and more prolific of great events, but its influence is + actually felt by the existing community of Great + Britain."</p> + + <p>The several memoirs, so far as a cursory glance enables us + to judge, are edited with great care. Their uniformity of plan + is very superior to hastily compiled biographies. Each memoir + contains the life and labours of its subject, in the smallest + space consistent with perspicuity; the dryness of names, dates, + and plain facts being admirably relieved by characteristic + anecdotes of the party, and a brief but judicious summary of + character by the editor. In the latter consists the original + value of the work. The reader need not, however, take this + summary "for granted:" he is in possession of the main facts + from which the editor has drawn his estimate, and he may, in + like manner, "weigh and consider," and draw his own inference. + The anecdotes, to borrow a phrase from Addison, are the + "sweetmeats" of the book, but the caution with which they are + admitted, adds to their worth. The running reader may say that + much of this portion is not entirely new to him: granted; but + it would be unwise to reject an anecdote for its popularity; as + Addison thought of "Chevy Chase," its commonness is its worth. + But, it should be added, that such anecdotes are not told in + the circumlocutory style of gossip, nor nipt in the bud by + undeveloped brevity. We have Selden's pennyworth of spirit + without the glass of water: the quintessence of condensation, + which, we are told, is the result of time and experience, which + rejects what is no longer essential. Here circumspection was + necessary, and it has been well exercised. The anecdotes are + not merely amusing but useful, since only when placed in + juxtaposition with a man's whole life, can such records be of + service in appreciating his character.</p> + + <p>Let us turn to the volume for a few examples, and take + George the Fourth and Sheridan, for their contemporary + interest; though the earlier characters are equally attractive. + In the former the reader may better compare the editor's + inference with his own impression.</p> + + <h3><i>George the Fourth</i>.</h3> + + <p>"Endowed by nature with remarkably handsome features, and a + form so finely proportioned, that at one period of his life it + was deemed almost the best model of manly beauty in existence, + George the Fourth, during the early part of his manhood, + eclipsed the whole of his gay associates in fashion and + gallantry, as much by personal attractions, as pre-eminence in + birth. Byron describes him as having possessed "fascination in + his very bow;" and it is said, that a young peeress, on hearing + of the prince's attentions to one of her fair friends, + exclaimed, "I sincerely hope that it may not be my turn next, + for to repel him is impossible." Towards the middle period of + his life, he became so enormously fat, that four life-guardsmen + could not, without difficulty, lift him on horseback; but, as + he advanced in years, although still corpulent, his + inconvenient obesity gradually diminished.</p> + + <p>"He scarcely ever forgot an injury, an affront, or a marked + opposition to his personal wishes. The cordiality which had + previously subsisted between his majesty and Prince Leopold, + entirely ceased, when the latter volunteered a visit to Queen + Caroline on her return to this country, in 1820: Brougham and + Dentrum, for the zeal with which they had advocated the cause + of their royal client, were, during a long period, deemed + unworthy of those legal honours to which their high talents and + long standing at the bar, justly entitled them: and Sir Robert + Wilson was arbitrarily dismissed from the service, for his + interference at her majesty's funeral. On account of his + unpopular reception, by the mob, when he accompanied the allied + sovereigns to Guildhall, in 1814, he never afterwards honoured + the city with his presence; and when Rossini rudely declined + the repetition of a piece of music, in which the king had taken + a conspicuous part, at a court concert, his majesty turned his + back on the composer, to whose works, from that moment, he + displayed the most unequivocal dislike. But, on the other hand, + some cases have been recorded, in which his conduct was + unquestionably tolerant and forgiving. He allowed Canning, an + avowed supporter of the queen, to retain office, without taking + any part in the ministerial proceedings against her majesty; + and at the last stage of his earthly career, sent the Duke of + Sussex, with whom he had long been at variance, his own ribbon + of the order of St. Patrick, with an assurance of his most + sincere affection. Erskine, while attorney-general to the + prince, had so offended his royal highness, by accepting a + retainer from Paine, on a prosecution being instituted against + the latter for publishing the Rights of Man, that his immediate + resignation was required. <span class="pagenum"><a id="page124" + name="page124"></a>[pg 124]</span> But, sometime afterwards, + Erskine was desired to attend at Carlton house, where the + prince received him with great cordiality, and, after + avowing his conviction that, 'in the instance that had + separated them, his learned and eloquent friend had acted + from the purest motives, he wished to give publicity to his + present opinion on the subject, by appointing Mr. Erskine + his chancellor.' On one occasion, at the opening of a + session of parliament by George the Third in person, his + royal highness, who was then very much in debt, having gone + down to the house of lords in a superb military uniform with + diamond epaulettes, Major Doyle subsequently remarked to + him, that his equipage had been much noticed by the mob. + 'One fellow,' added the major, 'prodigiously admired, what + he termed 'the fine things which the prince had upon his + shoulders.' 'Mighty fine, indeed,' replied another; 'but, + mind me, they'll soon be <i>upon our shoulders</i>, for all + that.' 'Ah, you rogue!' exclaimed the prince, laughing, + 'that's a hit of your own, I am convinced:—but, come, + take some wine.'</p> + + <p>"He had some inclination for scientific pursuits, and highly + respected those who were eminent for mechanical inventions. He + contributed largely towards the erection of a monument to the + memory of Watt. Of his medical information, slight as it + undoubtedly was, he is said to have been particularly proud. + Carpue had demonstrated to him the general anatomy of the human + body, in his younger days; and for a number of years, the + ingenious Weiss submitted to his inspection all the new + surgical instruments, in one of which the king suggested some + valuable improvements.</p> + + <p>"His talents were, undoubtedly, above the level of + mediocrity: they have, however, been greatly overrated, on the + supposition that several powerfully written documents, put + forth under his name, but composed by some of his more + highly-gifted friends, were his own productions. His style was, + in fact, much beneath his station: it was inelegant, destitute + of force, and even occasionally incorrect. He read his speeches + well, but not excellently: he possessed no eloquence, although, + as a convivial orator, he is said to have been rather + successful.</p> + + <p>"At one time, while an associate of Sheridan, Erskine, Fox, + &c., he affected, in conversation, to be brilliant, and so + far succeeded, as to colloquial liveliness, that during their + festive intercourse, according to the witty barrister's own + admission, 'he fairly kept up at saddle-skirts' even with + Curran. Notwithstanding this compliment, his pretensions to wit + appear to have been but slender; the best sayings attributed to + him being a set of middling puns, of which the following is a + favourable selection:—When Langdale's distillery was + plundered, during the riots of 1780, he asked why the + proprietor had not defended his property. 'He did not possess + the means to do so,' was the reply. 'Not the means of defence!' + exclaimed the prince, 'and he a brewer—a man who has been + all his life at <i>cart</i> and <i>tierce</i>!—Sheridan + having told him that Fox had <i>cooed</i> in vain to Miss + Pulteney, the prince replied, 'that his friend's attempt on the + lady's heart was a <i>coup maoquè</i>.'—He once + quoted from Suetonius, the words, '<i>Jure</i> caesus videtur,' + to prove, jestingly, that trial by jury was as old as the time + of the first Caesar.—A newspaper panegyric on Fox, + apparently from the pen of Dr. Parr, having been presented to + his royal highness, he said that it reminded him of Machiavel's + epitaph, 'Tanto nomini nullum <i>Par</i> eulogium.'—A + cavalry officer, at a court ball, hammered the floor with his + heels so loudly, that the prince observed, 'If the war between + the mother country and her colonies had not terminated, he + might have been sent to America as a republication of the + <i>stamp</i> act.'—While his regiment was in daily + expectation of receiving orders for Ireland, some one told him, + that country quarters in the sister kingdom were so filthy, + that the rich uniforms of his corps would soon be lamentably + soiled: 'Let the men act as dragoons, then,' said his royal + highness, 'and <i>scour the country</i>.' When Horne Tooke, on + being committed to prison for treason, proposed, while in jail, + to give a series of dinners to his friends, the prince + remarked, that 'as an inmate of Newgate, he would act more + consistently by establishing a + <i>Ketch</i>-club.'—Michael Kelly having turned + wine-merchant, the prince rather facetiously said, 'that Mick + <i>imported</i> his music, and <i>composed</i> his wine!'"</p> + + <p>We reluctantly break off here till next week.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>The Topographer</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>BRIGHTON AS IT WAS.</h3> + + <h4><i>(Concluded from page 90.)</i></h4> + + <p>This immunity, however, deprived them of the privileges + which the people of the adjacent towns enjoyed; and was + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page125" + name="page125"></a>[pg 125]</span> probably the true reason, + why this town did not obtain a place among those called + Cinque ports. It lies in their neighbourhood, is more + ancient, and was always more considerable than most included + in that number.</p> + + <p>To reduce its consequence still more, the tithes were in + this period taken from the incumbent, appropriated to the use + of the Priory at Lewes, and have never since been restored; and + a Convent of mendicant friars, more burthensome than ten + endowed ones of monks, was founded and dedicated to St. + Bartholomew.</p> + + <p>Struggling under these difficulties, nothing but the + Reformation could enable the inhabitants of this place to + emerge from their wretchedness. And accordingly we find, that, + in the happier days of Queen Elizabeth, their affairs put on a + new face. They then applied themselves with vigour to their old + employments of fishing, and fitting out vessels for trade; + seeking subsistence from their darling element the sea.</p> + + <p>Persecution prevailing at this juncture in many parts of + Europe, numbers fled to this island as to an asylum, and many + settled in this town, bringing with them industry, and an + attachment to maritime affairs; or soon learning them here. The + number of its inhabitants being thus increased, its trade + became proportionably greater: so that in 1579, a record now + subsisting says, "There are in the said town of Brighthelmston + of fishing-boats four-score in number, and of able mariners + four hundred in number, with ten thousand fishing-nets, besides + many other necessaries belonging to their + mystery."<a id="footnotetag3" + name="footnotetag3"></a><a href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> And the descendants of many of these French, + Dutch, and Spanish families still reside + here.<a id="footnotetag4" + name="footnotetag4"></a><a href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a></p> + + <p>From this record we likewise learn, that the town was + fortified to the sea by a flint wall, and that the fort, called + the Block-house, had been then lately erected. The east-gate of + this wall, in a line with the Block-house was actually standing + last year, and has been since taken down to open a more + convenient entrance to a battery lately + built.<a id="footnotetag5" + name="footnotetag5"></a><a href="#footnote5"><sup>5</sup></a></p> + + <p>The town at present consists of six principal streets, many + lanes, and some spaces surrounded with houses, called by the + inhabitants squares. The great plenty of flint stones on the + shore, and in the corn-fields near the town, enabled them to + build the walls of their houses with that material, when in + their most impoverished state; and their present method of + ornamenting the windows and doors with the admirable brick + which they burn for their own use, has a very pleasing effect. + The town improves daily, as the inhabitants, encouraged by the + late great resort of company, seem disposed to expend the whole + of what they acquire in the erecting of new buildings, or + making the old ones convenient. And should the increase of + these, in the next seven years, be equal to what it has been in + the last, it is probable there will be but few towns in + England, that will excel this in commodious + buildings.<a id="footnotetag6" + name="footnotetag6"></a><a href="#footnote6"><sup>6</sup></a></p> + + <p>Here are two public rooms, the one convenient, the other not + only so, but elegant; not excelled perhaps by any public room + in England, that of York excepted: and the attention of the + proprietor in preparing every thing that may answer for the + conveniency and amusement of the company, is extremely + meritorious.</p> + + <p>For divine service there is a large Church, pleasantly + situated on a rising ground above the town; but at a distance + that is inconvenient to the old and infirm. The Dissenters, + who, of all denominations, amount to but forty families, have a + Presbyterian, a Quaker's, and an Anabaptist's + meeting-house.</p> + + <p>The men of this town are busied almost the whole year in a + succeeding variety of fishing; and the women industriously + dedicate part of their time, disengaged from domestic cares, to + the providing of nets adapted to the various employments of + their husbands.</p> + + <p>The spring season is spent in dredging for oysters, which + are mostly bedded in the Thames and Medway, and afterwards + carried to the London market; the mackerel fishery employs them + during the months of May, June, and July; and the fruits of + their labour are always sent to London; as Brighthelmston has + the advantage of being its + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page126" + name="page126"></a>[pg 126]</span> nearest fishing + sea-coast, and as the consumption of the place, and its + environs, is very inconsiderable. In the early part of this + fishery they frequently take the red mullet; and near the + close of it, abundance of lobsters and prawns. August is + engaged in the trawl-fishery, when all sorts of flat fish + are taken in a net called by that name. In September they + fish for whiting with lines; and in November the herring + fishery takes place, which is the most considerable and + growing fishery of the whole. Those employed in this pursuit + show an activity and boldness almost incredible, often + venturing out to sea in their little boats in such weather + as the largest ships can scarce live in. Part of their + acquisition in this way is sent to London, but the greatest + share of it is either pickled, or dried and made red. These + are mostly sent to foreign markets, making this fishery a + national concern.<a id="footnotetag7" + name="footnotetag7"></a><a href="#footnote7"><sup>7</sup></a></p> + + <p>In examining the ancient and modern descriptions of the + Baiae in Campania, where the Romans of wealth and quality, + during the greatness of that empire, retired for the sake of + health and pleasure, when public exigencies did not require + their attendance at Rome, and comparing them with those of + Brighthelmston, I can perceive a striking resemblance; and I am + persuaded, that every literary person who will impartially + consider this matter on the spot, will concur with me in + opinion, giving, in some measure, the preference to our own + Baiae, as exempt from the inconvenient steams of hot + sulphureous baths, and the dangerous vicinity of Mount + Vesuvius. And I have no doubt but it will be equally + frequented, when the healthful advantages of its situation + shall be sufficiently made known.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>Spirit of Discovery</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>A NIGHT ON THE NIGER.</h3> + + <h4><i>(From the Landers' Travels; unpublished.)</i></h4> + + <p>We made no stop whatever on the river, not even at + meal-times, our men suffering the canoe to glide down with the + stream while they were eating their food. At five in the + afternoon they all complained of fatigue, and we looked around + us for a landing-place, where we might rest awhile, but we + could find none, for every village which we saw after that hour + was unfortunately situated behind large thick morasses and + sloughy bogs, through which, after various provoking and + tedious trials, we found it impossible to penetrate. We were + employed three hours in the afternoon in endeavouring to find a + landing at some village, and though we saw them distinctly + enough from the water, we could not find a passage through the + morasses, behind which they lay. Therefore we were compelled to + relinquish the attempt, and continue our course on the Niger. + We passed several beautiful islands in the course of the day, + all cultivated and inhabited, but low and flat. The width of + the river appeared to vary considerably, sometimes it seemed to + be two or three miles across, and at others double that width. + The current drifted us along very rapidly, and we guessed it to + be running at the rate of three or four miles an hour. The + direction of the stream continued nearly east. The day had been + excessively warm, and the sun set in beauty and grandeur, + shooting forth rays tinged with the most heavenly hues, which + extended to the zenith. Nevertheless, the appearance of the + firmament, all glorious as it was, betokened a coming storm; + the wind whistled through the tall rushes, and darkness soon + covered the earth like a veil. This rendered us more anxious + than ever to land somewhere, we cared not where, and to + endeavour to procure shelter for the night, if not in a + village, at least under a tree. Accordingly, rallying the + drooping spirits of our men, we encouraged them to renew their + exertions by setting them the example, and our canoe darted + silently and swiftly down the current. We were enabled to steer + her rightly by the vividness of the lightning, which flashed + across the water continually, and by this means also we could + distinguish any danger before us, and avoid the numerous small + islands with which the river is interspersed, and which + otherwise might have embarrassed us very seriously. But though + we could perceive almost close to us several lamps burning in + comfortable-looking huts, and could plainly distinguish the + voices of their occupants, and though we exerted all our + strength to get at them, we were foiled in every attempt, by + reason of the sloughs and fens, and we were at last obliged to + abandon them in despair. Some of these lights, after leading us + a long way, eluded our search, and vanished from our sight like + an <i>ignis fatuus</i>, and others danced about we knew not + how. But what was more vexatious than all, after we had got + into an inlet, and toiled and tugged for a full half hour + against the current, which in this little + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page127" + name="page127"></a>[pg 127]</span> channel was uncommonly + rapid, to approach a village from which we thought it + flowed, both village and lights seemed to sink into the + earth, the sound of the people's voices ceased of a sudden, + and when we fancied we were actually close to the spot, we + strained our eyes in vain to see a single hut,—all was + gloomy, dismal, cheerless, and solitary. It seemed the work + of enchantment; every thing was as visionary as "sceptres + grasped in sleep." We had paddled along the banks a distance + of not less than thirty miles, every inch of which we had + attentively examined, but not a bit of dry land could any + where be discovered which was firm enough to bear our + weight. Therefore, we resigned ourselves to circumstances, + and all of us having been refreshed with a little cold rice + and honey, and water from the stream, we permitted the canoe + to drift down with the current, for our men were too much + fatigued with the labours of the day to work any longer. But + here a fresh evil arose which we were unprepared to meet. An + incredible number of hippopotami arose very near us, and + came plashing, snorting, and plunging all round the canoe, + and placed us in imminent danger. Thinking to frighten them + off, we fired a shot or two at them, but the noise only + called up from the water and out of the fens, about as many + more of their unwieldy companions, and we were more closely + beset than before. Our people, who had never in all their + lives been exposed in a canoe to such huge and formidable + beasts, trembled with fear and apprehension, and absolutely + wept aloud; and their terror was not a little increased by + the dreadful peals of thunder which rattled over their + heads, and by the awful darkness which prevailed, broken at + intervals by flashes of lightning, whose powerful glare was + truly awful. Our people told us, that these formidable + animals frequently upset canoes in the river, when every one + in them was sure to perish. These came so close to us, that + we could reach them with the butt-end of a gun. When I fired + at the first, which I must have hit, every one of them came + to the surface of the water, and pursued us so fast over to + the north bank, that it was with the greatest difficulty + imaginable we could keep before them. Having fired a second + time, the report of my gun was followed by a loud roaring + noise, and we seemed to increase our distance from them. + There were two Bornou men among our crew who were not so + frightened as the rest, having seen some of these creatures + before on Lake Tchad, where, they say, there are plenty of + them. However, the terrible hippopotami did us no kind of + mischief whatever; they were only sporting and wallowing in + the river for their own amusement, no doubt, at first when + we interrupted them; but had they upset our canoe, we should + have paid dearly for it. We observed a bank on the north + side of the river shortly after this, and I proposed halting + on it for the night, for I wished much to put my foot on + firm land again. This, however, not one of the crew would + consent to, saying, that if the Gewo Roua, or water + elephant, did not kill them, the crocodiles certainly would + do so before the morning, and I thought afterwards that we + might have been carried off like the Cumbrie people on the + islands near Yaoorie, if we had tried the experiment. Our + canoe was only large enough to hold us all when sitting, so + that we had no chance of lying down. Had we been able to + muster up thirty thousand cowries at Rabba, we might have + purchased one which would have carried us all very + comfortably. A canoe of this sort would have served us for + living in entirely, we should have had no occasion to land + excepting to obtain our provisions; and having performed our + day's journey, might have anchored fearlessly at night. + Finding we could not induce our people to land, we agreed to + continue on all night. The eastern horizon became very dark, + and the lightning more and more vivid; indeed, I never + recollect having seen such strong fork lightning before in + my life. All this denoted the approach of a storm. At eleven + P.M. it blew somewhat stronger than a gale, and at midnight + the storm was at its height. The wind was so strong, that it + washed over the sides of the canoe several times, so that + she was in danger of filling. Driven about by the wind, our + frail little bark became unmanageable; but at length we got + near a bank, which in some measure protected us, and we were + fortunate enough to lay hold of a thorny tree against which + we were driven, and which was growing nearly in the centre + of the stream. Presently we fastened the canoe to its + branches, and wrapping our cloaks round our persons, for we + felt overpowered with fatigue, and with our legs projecting + half over the sides of the little vessel, which, for want of + room, we were compelled to do, we lay down to sleep. There + is something, I believe, in the nature of a tempest which is + favourable to slumber, at least so thought my brother; for + though the thunder continued to roar, and the wind to + blow,—though <span class="pagenum"><a id="page128" + name="page128"></a>[pg 128]</span> the rain beat in our + faces, and our canoe lay rocking like a cradle, still he + slept soundly. The wind kept blowing hard from the eastward + till midnight, when it became calm. The rain then descended + in torrents, accompanied by thunder and lightning of the + most awful description. We lay in our canoe drenched with + water, and our little vessel was filling so fast, that two + people were obliged to be constantly baling out the water to + keep her afloat. The water-elephants, as the natives term + the hippopotami, frequently came snorting near us, but + fortunately did not touch our canoe. The storm continued + until three in the morning of the 17th, when it became + clear, and we saw the stars sparkling like gems over our + heads. Therefore, we again proceeded on our journey down the + river, there being sufficient light for us to see our way, + and two hours after, we put into a small, insignificant, + fishing village, called <i>Dacannie</i>, where we landed + very gladly. Before we arrived at this island, we had passed + a great many native towns and villages, but in consequence + of the early hour at which we were travelling, we considered + it would be imprudent to stop at any of them, as none of the + natives were out of their huts. Had we landed earlier, even + near one of these towns, we might have alarmed the + inhabitants, and been taken for a party of robbers; or, as + they are called in the country, <i>jacallees</i>. They would + have taken up arms against us, and we might have lost our + lives; so that for our safety we continued down the river, + although we had great desire to go on shore. In the course + of the day and night, we travelled, according to <i>our</i> + estimation, a distance little short of a hundred miles. Our + course was nearly east. The Niger in many places, and for a + considerable way, presented a very magnificent appearance, + and, we believe, to be nearly eight miles in + width.—<i>Lit. Gaz.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>The Gatherer.</h2> + + <p><i>Ancient Trade</i>.—Alexandria was formerly the + chief commercial city in the world. We may judge of its wealth + and prosperity by the circumstance, that, after the defeat of + Queen Zenobia, a single merchant of this city, undertook to + raise and pay an army out of the profits of his trade. Delos + was the richest city in the Archipelago, it was a free port, + where nations warring with each other, resorted with their + goods, and traded. Strabo calls it one of the most frequented + emporiums in the world; and Pliny tells us, that all the + commodities of Europe and Asia were sold, purchased, or + exchanged there. Trade was much encouraged at Athens; and if + any one ridiculed it, he was liable to an action of slander. A + fine of a thousand drachmas (about £37. 10s.) was + inflicted on him who accused a merchant of any crime which he + was unable to prove. Solon was engaged in merchandize; the + founder of the city of Messilia was a merchant; Thales and + Hippocrates, the mathematician, traded; Plato sold oil in + Egypt; Maximinus the Roman emperor, traded with the Goths in + the produce of his estate in Thracia; Vespasian farmed the + privies at Rome; and the Emperor Pertinax, originally dealt in + charcoal.</p> + + <p>P.T.W.</p> + + <p><i>Unnecessary fears about the Cholera.</i>—Nothing is + more calculated to allay unnecessay and groundless fear, in the + case of the cholera, than the undeniable fact of the smallness + of the mortality in proportion to the whole population, where + it has raged with most violence. In addition to which, if it be + borne in mind, that the disease invariably attacks those who + are most predisposed to engender any malady, it is not + unreasonable to infer, that of those to whom it has proved + mortal, many would have died within the same period, had + cholera not attacked them.—<i>Morning Herald.</i></p> + + <p>King Regner died singing the pleasure of falling in battle: + his words are, "The hours of my life are passed away, I shall + die laughing."—<i>Britain's Historical Drama.</i></p> + + <h4><i>On a very Fat Man.</i></h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>All flesh is grass, so do the Scriptures say,</p> + + <p>And grass, when mown, is shortly turn'd to hay.</p> + + <p>When Time, to mow you down, his scythe doth + take,</p> + + <p>Good Man! how large a stack you then will make.</p> + + <p class="i10">J.J.</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h3>THE MIRROR.</h3> + <hr class="short" /> + + <p>Purchasers of the MIRROR who may wish to complete their Sets + or Volumes, are informed that the whole of the Numbers are now + in print, and can he procured by giving an order to any + Bookseller or Newsvender.</p> + + <p>Complete Sets. Vol. I. to XVIII in boards, price £4. + 18s. 6d.; half-bound, £6. 6s.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" + name="footnote1"></a> +<b>Footnote 1</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag1"> + (return)</a> +<p> The Gardens and Menagerie of the + Zoological Society delineated. Vol. I.</p> + </blockquote> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" + name="footnote2"></a> +<b>Footnote 2</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag2"> + (return)</a> +<p> Chamfort observes, that the writers on + physics, natural history, physiology, and chemistry, have + been generally men of a mild, even, and happy temperament, + while the writers on politics, legislation, and even + morals, commonly exhibited a melancholy and fretful spirit. + It is to be expected that an inspection of the beauty and + order of nature should affect the mind with peculiar + pleasure.—<i>Gaieties and Gravities</i>.</p> + </blockquote> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote3" + name="footnote3"></a> +<b>Footnote 3</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag3"> + (return)</a> +<p> It is a melancholy reflection to compare + the present state of the fishery with its prosperity in + 1579, or in more modern periods. Within the recollection of + the editor, there were 60 boats employed in catching + mackerel, and in a propitious season, that species of fish + has produced in Billingsgate market a sum of £10,000, + with which the town was enriched. In the autumn, 20 of + these boats were fitted out for the herring voyage, and one + boat has been known to land during the season from 20 to 30 + lasts of herrings, each last containing 10,000 fish, + computing 132 to the 100.</p> + </blockquote> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote4" + name="footnote4"></a> +<b>Footnote 4</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag4"> + (return)</a> +<p> The families of Mighell and Wichelo are + all that appear to remain as of Spanish origin.</p> + </blockquote> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote5" + name="footnote5"></a> +<b>Footnote 5</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> +<p> The kindness of a friend has enabled me to + supply this work, with a view of the town taken from the + sea in 1743, when the wall, Block house, and East gate were + partly standing.</p> + </blockquote> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote6" + name="footnote6"></a> +<b>Footnote 6</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> +<p> The recent publications on the present + state of the town, will amply establish the prophecy of our + historian.</p> + </blockquote> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> +<a id="footnote7" name="footnote7"></a> +<b>Footnote 7</b>: +<a href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + +<p> There are 300 fishermen, 11 vessels, and 57 fishing boats belonging +to this place.</p> +</blockquote> + + + <hr class="full" /> + + + <p><i>Printed and published by J LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near + Somerset House,) London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New + Market, Leipsic; G.G. BENNIS, 55, Rue Neuve, St. Augustin, + Paris; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + +<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11539 ***</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/11539-h/images/535-1.png b/11539-h/images/535-1.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..95416c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/11539-h/images/535-1.png diff --git a/11539-h/images/535-2.png b/11539-h/images/535-2.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3188e62 --- /dev/null +++ b/11539-h/images/535-2.png diff --git a/11539-h/images/535-3.png b/11539-h/images/535-3.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5e738a --- /dev/null +++ b/11539-h/images/535-3.png |
